Man arrested for attempting to shoot the moon

IT'S a saying we all know well but for one man the phrase became the reality.

PUBLISHED: 18:30, Wed, Jun 11, 2014

The man was arrested for attempting to 'shoot at the moon'[GETTY]

Cameron Read, 39, was arrested after he claimed he had attempting to 'shoot at the moon' in Arizona.

Taking a more literal approach to the phrase, he took a gun and began to shoot at the the Earth's satellite but given that bullets only travel about 4,000 feet, he was some 1.2 billion feet short.

Police were called to the area after a woman nearby reported she had heard shots go off in the area.

The man, who was arrested for unlawfully discharging a firearm, told police that he was trying to shoot the moon.

Police say Read had been booked into the Yavapai County Jail on suspicion of felony counts of unlawful discharge of a firearm, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and endangerment plus misdemeanor criminal damage, and does not yet have an attorney.